'HE DAILY BRITIS} Daily . WHIG PUBLIS OID KINGSTON, ONT. Ji M. Campbell Leman A. Gulid DAYS OF YOUTH. "We are only young once," you often hear some person remark as an excuse for "hitting the pace." True, we cain be young but once, and the pleasures of youth must be crowded into that space of time. But how long are we young? Some men are old at forty, while others { are still young at sixty, It depends { upon the pace they hit and the man. ner in which they hit it. : ; We can crowd a lot of work and Pleasure into youth if we keep our hearts and our minds and our bodies clean, or we can reduce the amount of both and' ghortem our youth by Yesorting to reckless dissipation. Your youth is your own, It will be prolonged or curtailed by your Own acts. - LABOR SHORTAGE AND SURPLUS The amazing stafement was re- cently made in the London (Eng- land) County Council that a large part of the sums appropriated in the a2] last! two years for the provision of OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: + Onider, 22 St. Joka St. 1 ¥. W. Thompson 00 King St. W., Letters the Bake Ave. Published re ae setae Ramee of the pratindhed ls ome of the best job The Mroulation of THN BRITISH WIIG is suthemticated by the ABO Audit Buresn of Circulation A widow and her insurance money are soon married. i stilts People with: the biggest houses don't need them the most. I -------------- \ Spring always did visit a few times before coming to stay, Adam's life wasn't flawless, but he didn't hear any talk about spring : fabrics. At any rate the money that talks ~ lin Toronto is careful not to say who has handed it. 4 Thaw Is sane, what would you Say about the rest of 'the people in Philadelphiia? . it tenis Perhaps Pgter was merely deposit- ing the egg and butter mohey, Ottawa Journal, i ------ -------- _ An allen ish man who can give an * pple sufficient polish to make it etch a nickle mbre, As a rule the explanation of the nt mortality rate is the fact that kids are not wanted. ce Some of the fine professional Dbulldings are made of brick and Are made of adenoids, -------------- is mo escape. First it's h.then- wppendicitls, then ~~Biltimore Evening Sun. Oné may busn the midnight gaso- line and still not be educated, re- irks the Illinois State Journal. Correct this sentence: "It it's ope It those pasty gex 'movels," said the § mother, "I refuse to read it." housing' are unspent and aré likely to remain umspent on account of the shortage of building labor. This in- formation comes at a time when the, problem of unemployment in other Industries is one of the gravest with which the British government has to deal, and is complicated by the short. age of houses, leading to excessive competition among tenants and a forcing up of rentals. '£ It would seem ae if ope of the results 'of recent Labor polity as practiced in England was to make the supply;of labor in certain indus. tries unduly and excessively rigid. This shortage in building labor has been in effect ever -since the war, accompanied during most of the time by an excess of labor in most other lines. It.is difMeult to believe that, the building trades are so hard to learn that in all that time no sut- ficient number of the unemployed in other industries could have qualified themselves .as masons, "bricklayers, plasterers and sven plumbers, The restriction of entry into such fradses is doubtless very good 10 the work- ers already in them; but Is not good for the community and certainly not for the other classes of workers. tn -------- EXAMINATIONS. i About this season of year fhe youth of Canada are 'called up to spend.a good deal of their tise in that much-debated nctivity known as examinations. In the months pre- ceding these examinations, when ip- Drehension concerning them is at its height, a good desl of protest is usually heard, and they are describ- ed as barbarous "in 'their character and inadequate for théir purpose. During thelr term of 'currency their victims are too busy to dv dhy such complaining; and it is Bighly sigaif- cant that after they are once over little if any protest is heard from anybody, watil the next period of knowledge-testing i Even those who fall are nearly al- ways ready to admit that they de- served to do se, Those who have had muchesxperi- ence with examinations know that, like most human = maciinery, they perform their work « rough and approximate accuracy which leaves room for a good many errors but is still good enough to provide a work- ing basis, Their results are neces- sarily expressed in marks, and cér- tain broad conclusions can quite sate- ly be drawn from them. A student who gets over 80 per cent. can quite 880; but we do feel that before any action is taken upon that assump: tion, some évidence In support of it ought to be presented. As for the abilities of our educators and our educational system. we can afford 10. admit - much progress and still claim that a little work in the ever- ings 1s necessary for the mdequate education of the present child. For the fact is that whatever speeding up has taken place in educational methods is more than offset by the increase in the things that the pre- sent child really ought to know: The (idea that all "learning" should be done in the school is en- tirely wrong. Once ths child is able to read, the business of the school is merely to provide the incentives and pressurés to make the child learn, and the nécedbary explanations and amplifications of the matter that is being learnt. The actual learning is a private transaction between the child and the book: it is dohe no more efficiently, and at a much greater expense, when a teacher is added to the paraphernalia. The de- mand for the elimination of home work comes chiefly from parents who have not sufficient energy or author ity or firmness of will to see that their children work when under the home supervision. The modern par- ent has already transferred about nine-tenths of his responsibilities to the school and other forms of state activity, and seems perléctly willing to transfer the rest. And then he (or she) complains that ohildren are not ag respectful to their Parents ag in former times. Why in the name of goodness should they be? ----------d A DANGEROUS VIOE. It is improbable that, if a vote Were taken next week to ascertain what is generslly regarded as the most dangerous vice of 'the present age, that of sentitentality would be very high up in the balloting; but it is highly probable that the discern- ing gaze of our descendants a hun- dred years from now will rank it far ahead of most of the bad habits that Wé at present are worrying ourselves cases is enough to show that the Sentiment-is misleading and anti- social, and that if pushed to the point of action, in the demand for the release of the bobbed-haired bandit and the taxi man's father and for the punishment of the farm- er, it would almost certainly result in injustice. 'And every mow and again a sentiment just as misleading does actually get put into action, and somebody gets punished or let off-- both equally. dangerous--without any valid reason; and Justice weeps. PRESS COMMENT The Way of he India generally, educated India, is about. Sentimentality hag beén be- coming continuously more prevalent with every succeeding generation since 1750, and will presumably go on increasing until something ooeurs to start'a violept reaction. It is more conspicuous in the acts of col- lective bodies of Numan beings than In individuals, and more conspicuous in mobs than in properly organised bodles. Individuals are saved from the most foolish forms of surrender to it by their own selfishness, if not by common-sense; organized bodies with a proper form of self-govern- ment are often saved by the leagth of time required for them to take Sotion in a constitutions) manne | fof eéntiment {3 pever's durable emotion. Y The news despalchies of a single Ay recently included several strik- Ing examples of the prevalent vice. A New York robber, accused of sev- eral cold-bleoded thefts perpetrated at the point of & gun, was enthusl tically welcomed back to that sebts. mental city when brought thither by the pélice, many thousands gather- Ing to show their admiration. This particular robber "differs from .the (tather toe common) New ber only in respect of helng young, handeome and g females not standtng at the cross-roads, but is travelling backwards towards the age of exclusiveness. But before she can become a nation she must lean to bé International. Japan acquired ber strength by learning all that | Europe had to teach her, while stint {Hill - holding fast the best of her own tra- ditions, 80° modern India should 'learn "fo weave into the tapestry of Indian'-life such threads from the 'West as will enrich without altering the outline."--The Englishman (Cal- cutth). ---- N Soldier Statesmen, , It ig/eurious that there has been fo public recognition of the part played by the British naval and mil. tary commanders in the Queenstown outrage. They saved the situation by their admiral self-control and gélf-restraint, The temptation to re- sort to instant reprisals must have been acute, A Mussolini Corfu hgn- bardment might have led to an Anglo-Irish catastrophe. Probably that was the real object of the out- rage, for the destroyer was fired on after the soldférs were shot down. Let us not be inmindftul of what we Owe to the disciplined sagacity.of our Army and Navy.--London Ex- press, 3 KINGSTON IN 1880 EXTRA VALUE IN MEN'S HOSE WEEK END A YOUNG MEN'S SUITS BiBBY'S Swart' models, meat patterns, Tweeds. ' $14.75 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS With 2 pair Trousers $22.50 OUR $25.00 SUITS are 'truly great Suits for the money. Fancy Worsteds in the EXTRA VALUE IN MEN'S HOSE TTRACTIONS : "YOUNG MEN'S -- YOUNG MEN'S at new Pencil Stripes, Blue Herring- bone Worsteds. Absolutely core -voet styles--all. smartly tailored. Sizes 35 to 42, valuefor.. ;. . Sire ieinie nls sieve sinieioinin niall Be OVERCOATS English Slip-on. models, in neat _ Herringbone, Tweeds and Cheviots $16.50 HAT SPECIAL 100 English Hats, all new styles and shades Viewed Through Our Filés -- It Legal, Feb. 14,--Adopted' by the council. "That the city treasurer be paid by a percentage upon all moneys which pass through his hands and recetve no othér salary." This meeting ad- jourfied at 8 a.m., after appointing |] four constables, two engine kéepers, an {nepector of pork (Oliver Mowatt) and a regulator of clock (John Ram- | Desi Fob. 16.--(From the advertise || ment of the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Princess streat, Samuel 'Allen, pro- prietor) "A fred and easy every } taken at fl the Hy orf Rybert Kent, "Fhe only stage house in the city." ~ Stages left at 7 for To- fonto and at 8 for Montreal. Frontenac House, Chequeréd Hotel, G. W. Fenwick, Ontario stréet, at the foot of APthur atréet. Pattorson's Hotel, Jamés Patter- ton, fronting Market Squire. 807 Vi . Feb. IY, mont of F. G.. Calléfidbr, surgeon, dentist and daguerreasl artist. Lu A Nasty b. Feb. 21.--Dr. Barker (the &ditor) qualities which " make an object of Sentimental sympathy. A farmer near Chicago was held up to obloguy is appointed to the Third Regiment MEMORIALS OF MERIT gned and Executed by Craftsmen of Training Estimates on All Classes of Work Carefully Given aan fl The McCallum % Granite Co., Limited Princess 8t., Kingston. OMINION E of Frontenac militis as gquartermas- ter, "something," he says, "in the bt letting your shoulders fall for. ward as you read, or work. The Duplicated | T. J. Lockhart Real Hstate and Insurance $8 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phones 3227 and 1797J. 'ele eleies eu nielule Ee ---- -- po -- -- AnyMachineParts -- a regular $4.50 $3.00 When Yo Manager Tells You that it will be necessary to order that extra part you can just bet you will have to walt seversl weeks for what you want. We are fully equip- ped and experienced in making parts of all kinds. Just tell us your needs and get them supplied immediately. Machine Shop KING " QUEEN r gentlemanly line but yet fot qiiite a, gentleman." He conéludes that th i8 a delicate revenge by the govern. ment for the Whig's attacks. "It so it 1s a very pitiful reveiige. The British. Whig scolds the ministry and the niinistry makeés.the editor a quartermaster! Tit Por tit. The gov- erameént has the best of it." shoulder . blades go over forwards ith your shoulders, and these mus- cles I spoke of aboye, are thus put on a constant striin or stretch. New jubst as holding your arm out for a few minutés will give you a pain in the shoulder, so will this t holding of shoulders for- ward give you this pain between the shoulder blades. So don't take any. medicine infer- nally for it. You might upset your stomach. and start some real 'trouble, He Want to put heat to it, rub ne Jisiment on i safely be put down as having acquir+| ang was being sought for by the po- ed a good 'knowledge of the subject, | lice, because a poor old woman of fad one who gets less than 30 per|ninéty-nine claimed that she had cent. as Needing to do if over again; | been employed by him and that he and that is about all that examina- had tdrned her out, and that she was tions are for. People who think that penniless, This particular farmer, they ought to be an absolutely ré-| who is doubtless by now being ex- lable index of ability, so that one | ecrated by ninestenths of. the pdpu- | at| lation of this continent 8s a heart- a|léas wretoh, differs from other farm- student getting 49, are asking for the ers and other employers genérally, fmpossible. Aud as for those who|anly fu that he Bad the bad luck point dut that many who fail 'in ex-|or it may be thé kindness--io em-| aminations do brilliantly In after| ploy, so long As he'had a job avall- life, as bankers, promoters, clergy-| able, an men, burglars, bootleggers or states stéad of men--such critics are assigning to &ccount-o the examination a function that it | -- they talk about their thistresses, s impudence; it they talk about eir servants, that's conversation. the old days a girl consulted " mother about matrimony, Now Waits a little while and consults wyer: : In this pure age there is nothing it disappointment for the naughty. ded unless they can get jobs as We are pleased to announce that we have again in stock this celebrated water ater in ab- Seance of ten years. Price, per dosen pints .......... $875 WORK QUESTION. | vice as if there might be some | step, of about